“We have several dozen members of the” majority “who are threatened”, said Christophe Castaner, president of the group La République en Marche (LREM) to the National Assembly, this Thursday on franceinfo. “I was threatened directly, like many of my colleagues, it is unfortunately recurrent”, he clarified. In this month of January, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti and the President of the Assembly, Richard Ferrand, have planned to take stock together on this subject.
Christophe Castaner “advises all elected officials, whatever their side, to file a complaint systematically”, because “on these subjects nothing should be missed”. “I think that this violence is not acceptable, especially when it is a kind of blackmail” to the vote, he continued. “It is essential that we preserve the freedom to vote of all parliamentarians”, he insisted.
Faced with all the violence, we need firm condemnations because it is democracy that is threatened.
Christophe Castaner
Faced with threats, even attacks, “no deputy hesitates to come back to the hemicycle, but yes, there are fears”, he assured. “Just last week, we burned down the garage, we burned the car” of the walker Pascal Bois, he recalled. “The fact remains that this deputy was present yesterday [mercredi] in the Assembly and courageously announced that he was voting for the text “ transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass.
According to the boss of LREM deputies, “there is a word that has been released, that has come off” and “the yellow vests movement has contributed to this”. “And also, what I regret is that there are certain elected officials who explain to you that ‘it is serious but …’ and who justify it”, he said, without specifying further. “There is no ‘but’, faced with all the violence, we need firm condemnations because it is democracy that is threatened”, he hammered.
️ Threats to elected officials ➡ “There is a violence that has been released (…) we must not let anything go. We must preserve the freedom to vote of parliamentarians ”believes Christophe Castaner
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In 2020, prs than 1,300 attacks, threats or insults were recorded against elected officials, ie three times more than in 2019. An application dedicated to elected officials, Gend’Elus, was launched by the gendarmerie to assist them on the subject.